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Ford Motor Company

Product Line Manager

8-10 Years
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Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Product Strategy & Vision (AI/ML & Scale):
    • Define and evangelize the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our AI/ML platform, data pipelines, and scalable application infrastructure, aligning with overall company objectives.
    • Identify market opportunities, customer needs, and technical trends to drive innovation and competitive advantage in the AI/ML and large-scale data domain.
    • Translate complex technical challenges and opportunities into clear, actionable product requirements and specifications.
  • Product Development & Execution Leadership:
    • Oversee the entire product lifecycle from ideation and discovery through development, launch, and post-launch iteration for critical AI/ML and data products.
    • Work intimately with engineering, data science, and operations teams to ensure seamless execution and delivery of high-quality, performant, and scalable solutions.
    • Champion best practices forand ensuring our systems canefficiently and reliably.
    • Define KPIs and metrics for product success, monitoring performance and iterating based on data-driven insights.
  • People Management & Team Leadership:
    • Lead, mentor, coach, and grow a team of Technical Product Managers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
    • Provide clear direction, set performance goals, conduct regular reviews, and support the professional development and career growth of your team members.
    • Act as a leader and role model, promoting collaboration, open communication, and a positive team environment.
  • Technical Expertise & Hands-On Contribution:
    • Possess a deep understanding of the end-to-end ML lifecycle (MLOps), from data ingestion and model training to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
    • Demonstrate strong proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including but not limited to, compute, storage, networking, data processing (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc), and AI/ML services (e.g., Vertex AI, Cloud AI Platform).
    • Maintain astrong hands-on expertise level in Python programming, capable of contributing to prototypes, proof-of-concepts, data analysis, or technical investigations as needed.
    • Extensive practical experience with leading AI frameworks and libraries, includingHugging Facefor natural language processing and transformer models.
    • Proven experience withLangGraph(or similar sophisticated agentic frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex), understanding their architecture and application in building intelligent, multi-step AI systems.
    • Solid understanding of agentic frameworks, their design patterns, and how to productionize complex AI agents.
    • Excellent exposure toGitHuband moderncoding practices, including version control, pull requests, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and writing clean, maintainable code.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:
    • Collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across engineering, data science, design, sales, marketing, and executive leadership to gather requirements, communicate progress, and align strategies.
    • Act as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into understandable business implications and vice-versa.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Technical Skills:
    • Deep expertise inGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)services for data, AI/ML, and scalable infrastructure.
    • Expert-level hands-on Python programming skills(e.g., for data manipulation, scripting, API interaction, ML prototyping, productionizing)
    • Strong working knowledge ofHugging Facelibraries and ecosystem.
    • Direct experience withLangGraphand/or other advancedagentic frameworks(e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex) for building intelligent systems.
    • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle,GitHub, Git workflows, and modern coding practices (CI/CD, testing, code quality).

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Education:Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience:
    • 8+ years of progressive experience in technical product management roles, with a significant portion focused on AI/ML, data platforms, or highly scalable systems.
    • 3+ years of direct people management experience, leading and mentoring a team of product managers or technical leads.
    • Demonstrable track record of successfully bringing complex technical products from concept to production at scale.
    • Proven ability to manage products that handle massive volumes of data and require high throughput.
    • Extensive practical experience with AI/ML model deployment and MLOps best practices in a production environment.
  • Leadership & Soft Skills:
    • Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team.
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
    • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly evolving technical environment.
    • Excellent ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

About Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln luxury brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in China&#8217&#x3B;s Jiangling Motors. It also has joint ventures in China (Changan Ford), Taiwan (Ford Lio Ho), Thailand (AutoAlliance Thailand), Turkey (Ford Otosan), and Russia (Ford Sollers). The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family&#x3B; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power.

Job ID: 139052963